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So the transition from A class to M class was completely about learning a new pistol and I underestimated the amount of time it will take. But I believe the benefit of this transition will be worth the opportunity cost. Recoil Oscillation/Grip Refinement Shot CZ like a glock I started off shooting the CZ with the same grip I had for the MR920 and learned that my current technique isn't transferrable and that a 21oz gun will shoot differently than a 56oz gun (w/ brass grips). I was gripping way too tight with my firing hand since this was necessary on a MR920 since there isn't as much real estate for the support hand to cling to. Additionally, I used active recoil control with the MR920 and my body has already gotten used to the rhythm and timing of the slide cycling. With all of these combined together, they introduced a large amount of very low shots with the CZ and muzzle oscillation. Refining the grip I rewatched a bunch of videos from Stoeger, to Humblemarksmen, to Hwansik, to Tactical Hyve and many more. I started pulling different elements and ran mental experiments to see what may or may not work from a physics standpoint. Then I dryfired these techniques and tested them out on the range since I didn't really have many opportunities at practice ranges and was only able to do league nights. The few times where I did get the chance to go to a static range, I recorded myself shooting in slo-mo and tried to diagnose the problem and tested different grips. I had a hard time figuring out the root cause I kept testing different grip pressures and hand positions, but since I was only able to iterate based on league nights and didn't really get the chance to do many static range test fires, the progress was slow. boolets are also expensive I also changed out the recoil spring to a 10lb spring, but the issue still existed I think 3 breakthroughs happened Releasing tension on the firing hand This helped me get to the point where I can hit where my dot is again. The firing hand tension was necessary in the glock but with a heavier gun, it introduced way more artifacts since the gun itself is naturally stable. Understanding my body's natural inclination for active recoil control What I didn't know was that I was doing active recoil control. You've likely seen this before where someone pulls the trigger, thinking a round is going to go off but it doesn't and you see the muzzle dip. Most people think this is shot anticipation, but it's actually recoil anticipation where they're pushing the gun back in anticipation of the recoil to get it back on target faster. This is what allowed me to shoot the MR920 so flat and without oscillation. The CZ has a completely different recoil than the MR920 because it's heavier, has a longer barrel which fires the bullet at 138 PF vs the 129 PF bullets from MR920 (both Blazer 124gr). I utilized Ben Stoeger's method of just letting the muzzle rise and lowering the dot down naturally with my eyes being the control point. This needed to be a conscious process for a while until it became subconscious. But even now, I still struggle with it abit. Applying more firing hand tension in a way that it removes the slack between the back of the grip and your hand This was a more recent discovery which I believe made me shoot the S2 flatter. But it is essentially pushing the gun more into my firing hand so that all the squishy meat is actually squished so that the grip doesn't have more than a millimeter to move back into your hand on. My theory is that, the less the muzzle rises, the less you'll get muzzle oscillation. Reducing the slack between the back of the grip and your adductor pollicis muscle is like removing the spring at the back of the grip. Then applying pinky grip strength will further prevent muzzle flip. In the mean time, removing the slack from the abductor digiti minimi muscle will prevent muzzle dip upon slide return. These changes are quite apparent between my last 2 classifiers to M In Fast n Furious,you can see how much the muzzles flip and oscillate after each shot. As you can imagine, the sight picture was pretty horrible, but I had to trust that my gun was hitting where I visually believe the dot was. Not going to lie, I believe there definitely was some luck in this classifier In On The Move, you can see how the muzzle flips less and oscillates less. This was when I finally applied that third breakthrough from above. And this was the first night where this was actually tried. I made M but there's still a lot of work to get myself shooting like I did with the MR920. I'm still doing some basic visual exercises and trying to keep my target focus, but as of right now, the limiting factor is controlling the recoil and oscillation so I can trust my dot again. Reloads I wanted to keep my reloads as fast as my glock which I was running at 1.1-1.2s with an A zone target acquisition and trigger pull on a 10 yard target dryfire. (1.3s fastest in live fire) But I quickly realized I can't reload that fast anymore. The CZ grip angle is different, the magwell flair on the gun is narrower, the gun weighs significantly different so I don't always hit the same index point, but the reload sounds way more satisfying. So essentially, I had to slow it down significantly to retrain my neural pathways to respect the new configuration. This means dryfiring my reloads at 60% of my normal speed and doing majority of my dryfiring at that speed until I can get 90% consistency. Then I started to push up to 90% to really train in this habit. But whenever I start to miss 3 in a row, I back myself down to 60% again and continue. I learned that it's really important to do this, otherwise, you train your neural pathways to do the wrong things at record time. "Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect." These are all the things that I've learned while making the transition from the MR920 to the CZ Shadow 2. It's still an ongoing process, but it is proceeding. I've watched the recoil control on multiple GM shooters shooting the shadow 2. Each of them have a completely flat recoil with no oscillation. This is what allows them to split .2 at a 10 yard target so until I can figure out the recoil, I won't be able to make GM no matter how much I dryfire so that will be my focus, is to control the recoil on the shadow 2.

I like cool graphs so here's some cool graphs!! You've all seen my Projected USPSA Growth chart before. But here for M, I definitely didn't follow the linear growth curve that I had before. Especially with the transition from the MR920 to the CZ shadow 2. I expected the learning period to be short and that I would be able to pick it up quickly making me crazy awesome since I'm transitioning from a compact carry gun to a full sized, steel frame, competition gun. Nope, not at all. I feel like dropped to a mid B level shooting the CZ and really took some time to climb back. Even now I feel like I'm still only shooting at a low A level despite the luck in getting that last classifier to push me past 85%. *One interesting note on the progress. When I shot Steely Speed VII, if I didn't double tap the last steel, it would've shaved 0.3 seconds off of my total time, giving me a 93% instead of the 85%. This mean I would've made M on 8/22/23, 3 months earlier than I did. But alas, what ifs don't count. I've also kept track of my total round count since I started shooting and figure it'll be good to show where all the bullets went in terms of training. As you know, I do most of my training in dryfire, but with the transition to the CZ, I had to up my static range ammo count since I did a lot of learning on recoil control and grip which just can't be learned in dryfire. uspsa lvl 2: Sectional matches (no Area matches yet, maybe one day soon) uspsa lvl 1: Monthly matches steel challenge: tried it once, it's pretty cool, but will probably shoot 22s for those down the line and save 9mm ammo for USPSA static range: stand and shoot range (no faster than 1 second per shot, though I do occasionally break it with doubles), I'm not yet a member of the current USPSA range so no movement and fast shooting practice. Will probably be labeled dynamic range down the line RO Class: class I took to become a RO, we used a few rounds to have ROs actually RO a live stage League night: weekly match night where we usually get around 24 people to show up regularly to shoot

Been a while since I posted. That's because, I've been doing a lot of learning with a new gun. I transitioned from my MR920 to a CZ Shadow 2 and boy was it a tough transition. I still don't think I'm shooting it as well as my MR920 at this point, but I did shoot it well enough to achieve a M classification with the latest classifier I shot. I've compiled them all into a single video to make it easier to see the progress. I will continue posting the stats to make it to M along with lessons in the next few posts.

Shot my first level 2 match with my MR920 in May and finished with 86.61% which bumped my average up to 80.52% Was really interesting experiencing my first level 2 match. Having 11 stages in the sun was exhausting. Make sure you have good endurance for these matches to maintain sharp focus. My previous experience doing Goruck and consistent workouts helped. Mindset going to this match was definitely to shoot match speed. Despite this, accuracy was the focus in the morning due to the longer distanced targets. As I got used to the pace of the match, I was able to go faster in the afternoon. Match resulted in 5 deltas and 1 NS so there definitely was a huge focus on accuracy Felt my target transitions pretty on point but splits weak. I'm starting to get the feel to really "move fast" without rushing on these stages. I do notice that I get lazy with the aggression parts when shooting at times so I can really push it more during league nights. Shot my first M class classifier (85.72%) with my MR920 during the June monthly match at my local club and bumped my average up to 82.23% 2M/FTSA really killed my overall place (5th to 10th). I should not be forgetting a target during planning. Need to be careful coming down from a lvl 2 match to a lvl 1 match and not doing the same stage prep since it's not as high stake. I need to keep the habit for all stages 2M from Blueberries were on the 1st set of close 3 targets. If you slow motion those targets, you see the first shot settle and then right before the 2nd shot, I push the gun down. I can't figure out why this is the case but that's definitely a problem. (Need to practice this 3 target set and see if it's a pattern) Had a really good pace on the classifier, it went at the same speed as my dryfire (1.3s draw, .38 splits) Only mistake was the makeup shot on steel for the last target. I pushed that shot and it hit low on the steel making my mind think I missed the main "circle" of the mini popper. This caused it to trigger that makeup shot. The last makeup shot pushed me from a 93% to a 85% for this classifier. But this is a good lesson. Previously, I've had many classifier/stages where if I didn't shoot that makeup shot, it would've been a miss so it's a small habit that's currently ingrained. This is a bad mental habit that needs work. I replotted this where I plotted the trendline against my first 5 averages and it still easily predicts the growth path. Initially, I thought the growth would have plateaued around high B class but it is still progressing and still following this linear path. Next match to add to classification scores is another lvl 2 match. I won't have any other classifiers in between so hopefully, it'll be top notch. New lessons learned Ego shooting kills progress On league nights, I started shooting for points and doing match pace shooting so I can get higher scores and rank higher on the list. However, this felt more like ego shooting that working on specific aspects of my shooting. I noticed that my splits and transitions slowed down quite a bit because I wasn't pushing my speed anymore so I started tanking some stages on purpose to get rid of the ego and move back towards speed shooting and getting Mikes. This improved my shooting speed significantly and I believe is what allowed me to visually see the steels at the speed that I shot the 85.72% classifier. When you start caring about where you place in a match is when you stop improving as quickly is what I've experienced. Split fast until you can see the shots I'm slowly getting to the point where I can actually shoot faster than I do, but I'm not pushing it enough to experience it and make it my new norm. In order to be able to feel like your shots are slow, you need to initially push your speed faster than you can see to set a new norm. Once that norm is set, your previous "fast" becomes your new "slow" draw to first shot time 0.88s Another GM gave me amazing advice during one of the matches for dryfire. This is to stop dryfiring at targets at 10 yards for draw to first shot, instead, do them at 3-5 yards. When you dryfire at longer distances, you're not actually separating your draw mechanics and your aim mechanics. I started doing draw to first shot at closer targets during dryfire and getting my time down to from 1.2 to 0.8 comfortable and 0.6 fast. During my last match, I finally hit a 0.88 draw to first shot on a steel target. Mikes happen during transitions on 3 side by side targets where I drag off the 2nd shot. This has been a consistent theme in my shooting where if there's a string of targets close up, I try to shoot them at a pace where transition split equals double split. Most of the time, the shots are all A's and close C's but once in a while, I get a Mike, but it's always on the middle target. I need to diagnose if this is dragging off the target too soon or shooting before arriving at the target.

@BigHand Congrats on making A! I definitely feel like it is a journey to get there. Good luck with your push to Master! I'm curious, which course are you taking? @GunBugBit Thanks! I appreciate the positive vibes!

Congrats on making B dude! Sounds like you are doing the right things. Keep doing the work and you'll definitely make your goal of master in 12 months!

Ran through another all classifier match this weekend. Will do the breakdown in another post. But it looks like I hit A class. Bringing in the projected line from last time and adding today's dot. It definitely is a bit out of the range so I probably got lucky hitting some good scores. But it does show continuous progress. Lessons Learned Injuries Started ramping up dryfire training and my right shoulder is hurting. Unsure if the cause is due to dryfiring or increased weight lifting. Grip strength is really starting to feel worn from all the dryfiring Took 1 week off completely from dryfiring, really hard to do once you're in the habit of doing so Shoulder still isn't 100% but my grip feels way better now with one week of rest Importance of routine/consistency After the 1 week rest, I did feel the time for some of my standards slip. So if you don't keep consistent, these skills definitely will slip. Strong/weak hand Bane of my existence since it isn't something you can dryfire practice well. The most you can get out of dryfire practice is to speed up your draw/reload to strong/weak hand. Main thing is understanding how to grip and what muscles to engage when doing this under live fire. Once you got the hang of it, you must constantly tweak your dryfire to match what you felt under live fire for recoil control. The muscle engagement is not something that's easy to explain, but here are my current understanding of it. Align your radius bone and your thumb's metacarpal in a straight line. This helps engage the Abductor Digiti Minimi muscle creating that wrist lock angle. This lock helps drive the recoil back into you rather than up and helps bring the dot back to the point of origin Step the opposite leg back will generate a stable platform to absorb the shock through your whole body Brace your opposite hand on something, either grab your shirt on your chest, or grab your belt to generate more of a braced feel Trigger pull should stay in a 1 inch circle at 10 ft when slow dryfiring Belt placement Recently started playing a bit with belt placement. I've always just tightened it and kept it kind of high to hold my pants. However, I'm starting to notice that it really brings my holster up causing surrender draws to be a bit awkward. I started to move it down by an inch or two and it's feeling a bit more natural. So if you feel bunched up, it's worth looking at doing Dryfire at all 'A' GM speed Another thing I started doing for these classifiers is to find what time is required for someone to get a GM hit factor if they got all A's. Then I set my par time to this time and ensure I can hit it dryfiring with all A's. This allows me to learn a lot about what skills are needed for a specific classifier (such as how quickly do you need to transition for 6 Pepper popper targets) Drilling these and getting visual confirmation at that speed is something that I'm still working on. Live fire is paramount for confirmation of dryfire practice Most of my practices at this point is just going to league nights to shoot with the guys. However, the day before this match, I was invited to go to a range where you can just shoot and move to practice. This was the first time doing this kind of practice and I feel like it helps so much! I went through 150 rounds during this practice session (trying to conserve). Shot plate racks, understood how quickly I can transition between targets, etc.

I took a look at my shot times overall for this stage and the transitions were a little slower than my splits but not by much. I've also heard him mention that training method and have been working on that for sure. From my memory, I'm fairly confident that I saw the dot dead center in the headbox A zone before pulling the trigger and saw the red streak go straight up. However, I have struggled with the glock trigger in the past with hitting where my dot is so it's very possibly that the last stage of the match, my hand just wasn't doing the work it needs to to hold the recoil until the bullet leaves the chamber.

Classifier Match Breakdown 2023-3 | Vortex Classifier Match | Carry Optics B | 83.57% I though it'll be good to record my thoughts from the classifier match this past Saturday. (Link to the video above) CM 03-11 | El Strong & Weak Pres The No-shoot in the middle definitely messes with your mind. There was actually quite a bit of A zone that's exposed for the left and right target that I should be able to comfortably shoot a .35s split for the targets. Top middle target was all C's, Did well: maintained consistent splits between shots and transitions (0.5s splits and transitions) all hits on target and no no-shoots dots returned well on one hand shots, which was better than I expected (dry fire paying off) reload to one hand transition was fast (right: 2s, left: 2.62s). (Not as fast as dry fire at 1.5s, but I attribute that to smaller target acquisition with one hand) Work on: Build better intuition for A zone boundaries especially with covered targets Aimed too high on the middle target and resulted in 8 C's. Take more risk and aim for the head box instead, will probably end up averaging more A hits. Or aim lower on the freestyle shots for at least 4 A's Minimize over confirmation on targets with more than 25% A zone exposed freestyle splits were too slow, can speed that up significantly on the left and right targets More dryfire practice on turn/draw, should be able to get the first shot off in 1.5 seconds for a small target and 1.3 seconds for an open target. (str1 first shot: 1.88s, str2 first shot: 2.27s) CM 22-01 | Righty Tighty I love movement classifiers! I feel like test USPSA shooting abilities better than standing ones. Did well: Moved at the start of the beep Stage plan was pretty good Not moving all the way up saves time and since I wasn't confident in my one handed shooting, I didn't want to risk doing that at a distance Debated going left vs going right first after that first position. But felt like backing up from the last 2 targets was probably better than backing to the right Shooting strong handed on the left side actually felt pretty natural. splits on the right side was good (0.25 on open and 0.45 on partial) Had the fastest shot to shot transition from one target set to another (1.76s front to right) out of all the shooters for this stage. So backing up from the open front target set was a good move Work on: Don't accidentally try to reload Can go faster on the splits, therefore going faster on the transitions. (way too slow on the front 3 targets 0.5s splits and transitions) Don't be afraid of covered targets. Shoot faster on those Slight over confirmation on first target on the right side CM 22-04 | Calm Before the Storm Shot this one at a previous match about 2 months ago. Got a B on it so I was definitely pushing more on the speed on this one. Did well: My grip felt better this time than last time I shot it so the dot returned exceptionally well Figured out a good mag placement on the table for reload and really hit that reload well! (fastest reload of match on this stage 1.46s) Get into your shooting position and reach straight down to the table, where you hand land is where you should place the mag Did well staying low after coming up from the chair to minimize distance from table to gun for reloads Had the fastest first shot time at 1.86s. Most others were around 2.2s to 3s Work on: Since I am working with a stock glock trigger, practicing trigger pull at speed is going to be absolutely important when doing these bill drill like stages. Top shooters were taking the side partial targets at 0.23s splits while I was taking them at 0.3s splits (totals out to be a .6s loss. Running a what-if in the App, I would get a 81.8% with this savings) Splits on the headbox is tough, I ran .4s splits where 2 shots were at the edge of the C zone perf at the top of the head. Those could possible be out if I shot faster so maybe aim a little lower and shoot a bit faster. Even if it's all C's and I save about .15 on my splits there, I would still get a 74% as compared to my 75% with 2A and 2C in the head box. CM 22-05 | Win Some Lose Some The goal for this one was to just shoot an A class classifier and nothing else. Accomplished!! Did well: Good grip on the gun on the draw solid hits and almost all A's! Reviewed this stage early on and saw that if I had 16 good hits with no reload, I'd get an 80%. Trusted my ability to land good shots and was rewarded! Accurate and fast splits during the 2nd string Draw time wasn't fast (1.37s) but I did move at the start of the beep and it was accurate Consistent .4 splits that are accurate is really good for this stage 2.1s reload to left hand shot at A zone is a really good thing! (this shot saved me from having a below a A classifier) Work on: Perception of time is a weird thing, during dryfire, I always had 2 seconds left during the first string. So I though I could take it slow while live firing. This was not the case and it has happened to me during other fixed time classifiers. So take your time, but don't take too much. If I got off the last shot during that first string, this stage could've been a 83% or a 81% Draw should still be as fast as if I was shooting a close up target. Need to speed that up and get confidence in hands up starts Next time running this classifier, hopefully I will already be A and will need to hit the reload and all one handed shots. CM 19-01 | Hi-Jinx Debate for this one was do I shoot on the move or do I shoot and scoot. I wanted to push myself with the move but learned about shooting on the move Did well: Was stable during the move portion and only had 1 Mike leaving the partial target on the left. Rest were basically Alpha/Charlies Kept the shooting speed low because I knew I wasn't capable of faster shots yet. Did many dry runs to ingrain the steps in my head so that I didn't have to think about my feet when shooting and just focus on my dot Good start with the lead foot out to help with the first 2 targets on body movement and transition Work on: Movement is going to be so much more important in larger matches. Will definitely need to work on stability while shooting The M I had on the left target was due to stepping while shooting (first shot on that target in the video) Will need to dryfire practice this exercise a lot more Could shoot the first two targets faster since I'm effectively standing still and only shifting weights. CM 09-07 | It's Not Brain Surgery Definitely exhausted for this stage, I was the first shooting on the last stage and the last shooter on this stage and ended up ROing most of the time in between. Did well: I was able to call my shots on the first target and shoot a second time Splits were 0.5 as I planned for them to be. Grabbing the gun off the table at speed feels natural to me now. Work on: Complete misses on the last target was most likely due to grip issues. I was tired but I also saw my dot land perfectly in the A zone. This means I didn't control the recoil well enough and the bullets probably flew over the target Need to do more leg workouts to not be as exhausted towards the end of the match. (I won't survive a sectional match) Possibly best if I don't aim at the middle of the A zone, but instead shoot for the lower part of the A zone.

Been shooting a few matches and classifiers here or there which has been moving my percentages. I've been keeping track of my progress via my youtube channel. There's not much commentary, but I'm thinking about using this forum as a source for that. Lessons Learned Grip Grip is king I'm constantly fine tuning my grip now, with every stage, I try to reflect on how my grip is compared to how my dot jumped. This really pushes me to understand how different tightness of the grip affects how the recoil returns on the glock 19. Trigger pull Because the glock trigger isn't something you can just pick up and shoot well with, it still requires practice and still requires constant muscle memory Pushing speed Go faster than you think you can go and then go a little faster. After doing this for a while, dial back and start shooting all A's. You'll start to notice a change in the way you can see your dot at speed and you start to become comfortable at that faster speed. I think iterating on this cycle constantly is important in growing your ability to shoot faster. Target Focus (single point on target) I've yet to get close to understanding this concept. But on stages where I've accidently implemented this, I can clover and double like no other. Since I don't fully understand how to master this yet, I won't be talking about it. But this is an absolutely essential step towards making GM Recoil management This really goes back to the grip, trigger pull, and pushing speed concepts. Alternating between each three of these topics will slowly progress you ability to recoil control at speed Shooting on the Move This is a newer concept to me. The example would be CM 19-01 which can be shot either in two positions or on the move. Doing this is very hard, especially on partial targets. However, moving saves significant amount of time since you are continuously firing the gun. (more points per second) I know that Steve Anderson talks quite a bit about it but I don't feel comfortable at this point with this concept yet so I'll need to do more playing around with it. Study the classifier Understand how the scoring system works for a classifier and how to research what's required to dictate your strategy in shooting a specific stage Example is CM 22-05, understanding that if you're going for A, you can shoot this stage all freestyle and as long as you have 15As, you can get a 75% (as of 2023-3) Growth So I started plotting my USPSA classification percentages over time because I am a data nerd and was quite curious to see how it's been tracking. So far the trend line pretty closely matches my current growth with a R^2 value of 0.93. So theoretically, if I keep up my current rate of progress, I should hit M by July and GM by October. Is this realistic? Probably not, but is it good to dream? Absolutely! Either way, this is a fun experiment and a good way to see at what point do you start to deviate from the path. I'm still shooting my MR920 (glock 19 clone) and so far, the gun is still out shooting me.

Haven't found any aimbot neural implants yet so...No. And aren't you suppose to be working...at work? Like me?

After reading @CClassForLife's shooting diary, I am motivated to start my own and document how I've learned to shoot. I shoot a stock Shadow Systems MR920 (glock 19 clone) and I plan to shoot this gun until I get to M before allowing myself to upgrade to a better gun. This forces me to practice my fundamentals and reinforces my confidence in my carry gun. Background: Started shooting USPSA in May 2022 with the first Lvl 1 match in September 2022. Prior to that, I've been to a range 3 or 4 times to shoot but didn't really commit to the sport until after my first lvl 1 match. No LEO or military member in the family, just was really interested in shooting, the engineering behind it, and the bio-mechnical skills involved in controlling a fireball 2 feet from your face. I currently work as a software engineer and worked significantly in the data science and neuroscience fields in my early career. Lessons learned getting to B Class: Focus on grip above all things when dry firing (Two amazing tutorials by dryfire ninja & humble marksman) When I first started, I dry fired so much and was able to hit GM hit factors during dry fire sessions. But when I started shooting classifiers, I realized how bad the shots are and the dry firing has solidified bad grip habits. I reached out to various shooters at my club to really learn more about it and the different types of grips can be distilled down to 3 categories. squeeze the palms bend the bar crush walnut When practicing drawing and reloads, the grip is again the focus of these activities. Focus on trigger pull An easy skill to lose over time as you shoot fast. But be able to do this without a timer at 15 feet to a 1 inch x 1 inch target without the dot leaving the target. Then add the timer and pull the trigger as soon as the timer goes off, keeping the same goal of not moving the dot off the 1x1 inch target. Trigger reset really have 2 trains of thoughts reset and hit the wall as fast as possible (My current training) Tailored toward your specific gun to allow you to shoot faster with good triggers Limits the range of guns you can shoot as you've trained muscle memory of a specific reset length I'm training this method since glock triggers are quite difficult to work with. But over time, I'm hoping this will help solidify my fundamentals in trigger control and is transferable to other guns with shorter and lighter triggers. reset as far as possible Ben Stoeger does this so he can shoot any gun without having to worry about its reset length. Requires a lot more training to master, but allows you to have the best fundamentals Goal is to move up to this. Draw and reload times I used Ben Stoeger's Practical Shooting Training book's Level 3 times as reference for dry fire training. I figure it's always better to go one level higher than what you're trying to achieve to hit that level. Start off slow to build the basic neural path way for what you're trying to train and then slowly build up speed during your training. This minimizes training scars and help with memory consolidation. Current training: Daily dryfire sessions done before bed time to improve memory consolidation limit to 30 mins, though this fails many times because it's hard to stop at times Breakdown 10%: trigger pull at speed 40%: draw to first shot (focus on grip) 30%: standing reload 20%: draw, transition, reload (timed) Will skip days if certain parts feel pain (shoulder and wrist mainly) weekly USPSA league to test things out 1 Monthly match (sometimes 2) 4 weightlifting sessions per week (2 upper body, 2 lower) 2 runs per week (1-2 mile at 9min pace) winter slowed me down so this gets skipped a lot Goals for 2023: Shoot at A level by June Shoot at M level by November I'm also tracking my progress through my youtube channel (Work in Progress, will edit later)